Movies That Made Me: Episode 1: Heroes
Luke Sorba wrote and directed his first movie on Super 8 when he was 18 years old. "The Mirror Within" won in the Novice Category at Streatham and Norwood Amateur Film Club's Annual Awards. He only made one more (apart from some YouTube sketches) but he has since watched 6000 movies made by other people and owns 1600 on DVD. He spent more teenage hours at the National Film Theatre and the Electric Cinema than anywhere else, and is currently on first name terms with...
Movies That Made Me: Episode 1: Heroes
Luke Sorba wrote and directed his first movie on Super 8 when he was 18 years old. "The Mirror Within" won in the Novice Category at Streatham and Norwood Amateur Film Club's Annual Awards. He only made one more (apart from some YouTube sketches) but he has since watched 6000 movies made by other people and owns 1600 on DVD. He spent more teenage hours at the National Film Theatre and the Electric Cinema than anywhere else, and is currently on first name terms with staff at Peckhamplex.
Over two hundred books on cinema fill his shelves and he has a complete collection of Monthly Film Bulletin magazines (incorporated in Sight and Sound since 1990) going back to 1964. As an actor and writer, as well as a teacher of story telling Luke brings professional experience to his observations but it his status as a super-fan that sets him apart.
He is rare among enthusiasts in that there is no period nor genre nor country whose movies he is not curious about. From Intolerance to Inception, The St Valentine's Day Massacre to The Belles of St Trinian's, Do the Right Thing to Dr Dolittle, Zombieland to Nomadland, Superfly to Superman, Tod Browning to Todd Haynes, Federico Fellini to The Fast and Furious, Monika Treut to Monica Bellucci, there is a place for everyone in The Movies That Made Me.
Luke Sorba and Andrew Paine previously collaborated on the online improvised comedy show "Unmute". Together they make up Picard Productions.
Episode 1 features…
Talal Karkouti
Talal is a British-Syrian comedian and actor. He is the co-host and producer of The Alexei Sayle Podcast and just won 2nd place in The Musical Comedy Awards 2022. He also co-hosts the music review show DJARBIC with his brother on the Tarboosh Records YouTube channel.
Pippa Evans
Pippa is an award-winning performer specialising in improvisation and musical comedy. You may have heard her on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue on Radio 4 or seen her creating instant musicals with Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Pippa is the author of Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You and can be found teaching improv workshops online via her website pippaevans.com. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and her cat. Twitter/Insta @iampippaevans
Our Heroes
ALADDIN 1992 (d. John Musker, Ron Clements) Classic Disney from its 90’s revival era with Robin Williams at his peak, and centred around a street kid from Agrabah negotiating love, magic and the spite and might of the Grand Vizier.
APOCALYPTO 2006 (d. Mel Gibson) Having shot Passion of the Christ in ancient Aramaic, Gibson’s next was entirely in Yucatec. One Mayan tribe fights for survival against another while the invading Conquistadors approach to change the land forever.
THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939 (d. Victor Fleming) The most famous shoes in movie history propel Judy Garland on an unforgettable adventure that is part fable, part nightmare and fully merits its legendary status.
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 1994 (d. Frank Darabont) iconic prison movie with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman trying to stay alive on the inside. While secretly planning life on the outside.
CASABLANCA 1942 (d. Michael Curtiz) Humphrey Bogart has retired from, while Ingrid Bergman is facing up, the epic struggle to save Europe from fascism. They meet again… in Casablanca.
TAKEN 2008 (d. Pierre Morel) Unofficial remake of “An American in Paris”. With killing instead of dancing. (Trivia: Maggie Grace who played 55 yr old Liam Neeson’s teenage daughter was actually 24. Leslie Caron who played 38 yr old Gene Kelly’s love interest was only 19).
Links
Luke Sorba (Host) : Twitter @LukeSorbaLabour
Andrew Paine (Producer & Audio Engineer) : Twitter @ItPainesMe
